Form 2: Curriculum Overview Spring Term English • •
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Writing; fact file, story planning and writing, text level activities linked to a book, similes. Command sentences. Using adverbials to express time. Grammar (sentence structure including correct use of full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, commas, question marks). To be able to write using the create tense. Spelling (consolidating national curriculum Form 1 & 2 spelling words, correct use of ‘a’ and ‘an’ revision of high frequency words and word families), more spelling rules according to the Ruth Miskin Phonics scheme Comprehension (literal, inferential and predictions, written and verbal in full sentences) linked to a range of genres Handwriting (posture, letter size and formation, presentation and revision of joining the cursive script) Speaking and Listening (following instructions, listening to others, taking turns in conversations, speaking clearly to a variety of audiences, presentations, performance)
Mathematics
History/ Geography
Science
Spring 1
Spring 1
Spring 1 • Everyday Materials • To explore the work of Charles Macintosh; understand how the properties of materials can be changed • To know about John McAdam’s intervention, recognise that new materials are constantly being invented. • To explore the work of John Dunlop; identify and compare the usefulness of certain materials when forces are applied • I can explain why we use certain materials. • Investigate squashing, bending, twisting, and stretching • Compare the uses of everyday materials in and around your school or home with materials in other places.
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Properties of shape Recognise 2D and 3D shapes Count sides and vertices on 2D shapes Count faces on 3D shapes Count edges and vertices on 3D shapes Sort and draw 2D and 3D shapes Make patterns with 2D and 3D shapes Lines of symmetry
Multiplication and division • • • • • • • •
Recognise, make and add equal groups Multiplication sentences using the X symbol Use arrays Make doubles 2, 5 and 10 times tables Make equal groups – sharing Make equal groups - grouping Divide by 2, 5 and 10
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Measurement: length and height Measure in centimetres(cm) Measure metres (m) Compare and order lengths and heights Four operations with lengths and heights
Measurement: mass, capacity and temperature • • • • • • • • • Ideas for home: • • •
Pobble - use image as a stimulus for creative writing Comprehensions AR reading quizzes
Introduce weight and mass Compare mass Measure In grams and kilograms Four operations with mass Introduce capacity and volume Compare volume and capacity Measure in millilitres and litres Four operations with volume and capacity Temperature
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TopMarks Online Games Similarities and differences between addition and multiplication
Geography •
Topic: JOURNEYS – FOOD
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To understand what shops there are on a high street and what we can buy from these shops
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To understand how our food gets to us.
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To understand what farming is, what a farmer does and where the plants and animals we eat come from. To understand that animals are reared in the UK, and used for dairy and meat. To understand that some traditional foods originate in the UK. To understand the geography of the UK, and the types of food produced here.
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Spring 2:
Spring 2
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History • • • • • • •
Topic: HOLIDAYS To know what seaside holidays were like when our grandparents were children. To use photographs to provide information about seaside holidays in the recent past. To use sources to provide information about seaside holidays in the recent past. To use stories to provide information about seaside holidays in the recent past. To understand the diversity of holiday experiences from when our grandparents were children. To use our knowledge of the seaside in the past to create our own reconstruction
Ideas for home: Geography •
Walk down the Chiswick High Street and identify all
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Living things and Their Habitats - Habitats To explore the differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive To describe how animals obtain their food from plants To identify and name a variety of plants and animals in a microhabitat To understand the journey food makes from the farm to the supermarket Identify and name different sources of food To learn about the food chain
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To make a non-waterproof material waterproof. To investigate different materials they can find at home.